FOP 0.20.5 - Import PDF

[Bones]

Hi,

I remember seeing something a while back about FOP supporting the ability to reference a PDF instead of a graphic? Is this possible in 0.20.5?

Thanks,

Phil

[The Web Maestro]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Bones <Philip.Vallone@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I remember seeing something a while back about FOP supporting the ability to
> reference a PDF instead of a graphic? Is this possible in 0.20.5?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil

Hi,

There is no support for inserting PDFs as an external-graphic format
in fop-0.20.5. It is also not yet supported in FOP 0.9x, although
there are some workarounds.

In both versions you can use a PDF post-processor[2] (e.g., iText) to
manipulate the PDF outputted by FOP.

In the case of the fop-0.94, fop-0.95x & fop-TRUNK branch (the
currently developed branch of FOP), you can use the FOP Embedded PDF
plugin[2].

I hope this helps!

[1]
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/resources.html#products-pdf

[2]
http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/HowTo/EmbeddedPdf

Regards,

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[Bones]

Thanks,

Phil

The Web Maestro wrote:

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Bones <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I remember seeing something a while back about FOP supporting the ability to
> reference a PDF instead of a graphic? Is this possible in 0.20.5?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil

Hi,

There is no support for inserting PDFs as an external-graphic format
in fop-0.20.5. It is also not yet supported in FOP 0.9x, although
there are some workarounds.

In both versions you can use a PDF post-processor[2] (e.g., iText) to
manipulate the PDF outputted by FOP.

In the case of the fop-0.94, fop-0.95x & fop-TRUNK branch (the
currently developed branch of FOP), you can use the FOP Embedded PDF
plugin[2].

I hope this helps!

[1]
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/resources.html#products-pdf

[2]
http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/HowTo/EmbeddedPdf

Regards,

The Web Maestro
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[cbowditch]

The Web Maestro wrote:

Hi Clay,

<snip/>

> Hi,
>
> There is no support for inserting PDFs as an external-graphic format
> in fop-0.20.5. It is also not yet supported in FOP 0.9x, although
> there are some workarounds.
>
> In both versions you can use a PDF post-processor[2] (e.g., iText) to
> manipulate the PDF outputted by FOP.
>
> In the case of the fop-0.94, fop-0.95x & fop-TRUNK branch (the
> currently developed branch of FOP), you can use the FOP Embedded PDF
> plugin[2].

What makes you classify the plugin as a workaround? I consider this to
be full support for importing PDFs via fo:external-graphic. Perhaps I am
nit picking slightly, but I just didn't want to let readers of this list
think its not possible in 0.9x when it is!

Your right baout 0.20.5, no way to import PDFs there I'm afraid.

<snip/>

Chris



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[The Web Maestro]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Chris Bowditch
<bowditch_chris@...> wrote:

> Hi Clay,
>
> <snip/>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> There is no support for inserting PDFs as an external-graphic format
>> in fop-0.20.5. It is also not yet supported in FOP 0.9x, although
>> there are some workarounds.
>>
>> In both versions you can use a PDF post-processor[2] (e.g., iText) to
>> manipulate the PDF outputted by FOP.
>>
>> In the case of the fop-0.94, fop-0.95x & fop-TRUNK branch (the
>> currently developed branch of FOP), you can use the FOP Embedded PDF
>> plugin[2].
>
> What makes you classify the plugin as a workaround? I consider this to be
> full support for importing PDFs via fo:external-graphic. Perhaps I am nit
> picking slightly, but I just didn't want to let readers of this list think
> its not possible in 0.9x when it is!
>
> Your right baout 0.20.5, no way to import PDFs there I'm afraid.
>
> <snip/>
>
> Chris

You are correct! I was referring to a belief (hope?) that someday
external-graphics support for the PDF format will someday, magically
make its way into FOP. ;-)

Thanks for the clarification, Chris!

Regards,

The Web Maestro
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